Development of IP/WDM optical networks

Author

Klinkowski, M. ; Marciniak, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Transmission & Fiber Technol., Nat. Inst. of Telecommun., Warsaw, Poland

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

87

Abstract

Optical wavelength-routed IP/MPLS networks could be a valid solution in the short time. Optical burst switching may represent an interesting method in the mid/long term. Optical packet switching can be seen as the last step of such an evolutionary path. To achieve satisfactory performance, significant efforts are required in developing key optical devices and components such as semiconductor optical amplifiers, optical gates and space switches, wavelength converters, fast tunable lasers and filters, and wavelength routers. Also some breakthroughs are needed in order to realize mature optical devices which allow dynamic buffering of optical packets

Keywords

Internet; access protocols; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; packet switching; telecommunication switching; IP; MPLS networks; WDM optical networks; dynamic buffering; fast tunable lasers; optical burst switching; optical components; optical devices; optical gates; optical packet switching; optical packets; semiconductor optical amplifiers; space switches; wavelength converters; wavelength routers; wavelength-routed; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical buffering; Optical burst switching; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling, 2001. Proceedings of LFNM 2001. 3rd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Kharkiv

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6680-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LFNM.2001.930212

Filename

930212